“‘Ancient man’ is to be the first of a series of nine history books in story form, which ‘will explore the intricate wilderness of the bygone ages’ and in summing up ‘try to show where the human race has lived up to its highest possible achievements and wherein it has failed to rise above the status of the earliest cavemen.’ (Ind) “It begins about fifty thousand years ago with a broad sketch of prehistoric man, struggling against elemental nature. It skips to the Nile and comes on down the ages to the Phoenecians.” (N Y Times)
“The text is terse, up to date, and thoroughly interesting.” A. C. Moore
+ Bookm 52:260 N ’20 110w
“The famous historian undertook this task for his own boys, eight and twelve years old, and he has sensed unfailingly the way to stimulate the interest and satisfy the curiosity of youngsters of about that age.”
+ Ind 104:379 D 11 ’20 250w
“Absorbingly interesting. This is the way to tell history to children—and to the rest of us.” Hildegarde Hawthorne
+ N Y Times p9 D 19 ’20 130w
VANSITTART, ROBERT GILBERT. Singing caravan; a Sufi tale. *$2 Doran 821
(Eng ed 19–14218)